US occupation officials funded sociology in Germany because they believed empirical research promoted democracy.

Evidence

In 1950 the US High Commissioner, John McCloy, put DM 200,000 at the Institute’s disposal, with a further DM 235,000 for rebuilding. This energetic support sprang from a belief among those responsible for American policy in Germany that sociology, particularly when represented by American citizens and with its emphasis on empirical research, was a factor promoting democracy. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 458

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the earlier chapters’ argument that Horkheimer marketed the Institute to American funders and self-censored Marxist vocabulary to secure patronage. — connects to: American occupiers funded empirical sociology to promote democracy in Germany. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1861; US occupation authorities funded German sociology as a tool for democratization — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1861; American occupation policy and funding drove West German empirical sociology — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1865 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: American occupiers funded empirical sociology to promote democracy in Germany. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1861; US occupation authorities funded German sociology as a tool for democratization — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1861; American occupation policy and funding drove West German empirical sociology — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1865 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• American occupiers funded empirical sociology to promote democracy in Germany. #corroborates (0.98) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1861
• US occupation authorities funded German sociology as a tool for democratization #corroborates (0.97) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1861
• American occupation authorities policed German intellectual life and censored negative images of US society. #complicates (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 425
• German exiles viewed America as a place where intellectuals were subordinated to practical utility #complicates (0.72) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1745